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Where does “သူၼ်” come from?

သူၼ် (Shan) comes from Thai ศูนย์, from Old Khmer ឝូន្យ, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

သူၼ် (Shan): garden; zero

Definitions

  1. garden; zero

Ancestry of “သူၼ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiศูนย์0; center; nothingness
2Old Khmerឝូន្យ—
3Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—
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